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Map: Hudson River, New York Harbor; Bedloes Island to Fort Lee. Sheet 1 of 2. From surveys of 1911-12; issued March 4, 1912.

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Map: Hudson River, New York Harbor; Bedloes Island to Fort Lee. Sheet 1 of 2. Surveyed in compliance with River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910; from surveys of 1911-12. Issued by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 4, 1912. House Document, No. 719 ; 62nd Congress., Second Session [Dec. 4, 1911 to Aug. 26, 1912.] (see notes for other text) PDF on file with full sheet and sectional views including details of Hoboken. See archives 2012.001.0061 for sheet 2 of 2. Sheet 1 covers Bedloes Island north to Weehawken including all of Hoboken's riverfront. Four details of the Hoboken portion of map are imaged. Also imaged is a detail upper right: Tabulation of Triangulation & Bench Marks. Businesses on Hoboken's riverfront are named including: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Hamburg- American [sic America] Line North German Lloyd Holland American [sic America] Line Phoenix Line Wilson Line Consolidation Coal Co. P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] Shops Fletcher's Ship Yards [A. & W. Fletcher; placed south of where it was actually located] Panama R.R. S.S. [Railroad Steamship] Co. [placed north of where it actually was located] International Elevating & Milling Co. Scandinavian American Line Pier Fletcher's Ship Yards [placed at Weehawken Cove, this is its second listing on the map and it is incorrect - this would actually have been Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Co.] Map as received was previously removed from government document. Sheet size: 22" high x 32 wide; folded to 5" x 9" high.

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Date(s) Created: 1912 Date(s): 1911-1912 Date Published: 1912

Notes: sheet no. 1 of 2 sheets WAR DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, DISTRICT NO. 1. NEW YORK. HUDSON RIVER NEW YORK HARBOR BEDLOES ISLAND TO FORT LEE SHEET NO. 1 BEDLOES ISLAND TO 48TH STREET SURVEYED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF JUNE 25, 1910. FROM SURVEYS OF 1911 - 12 Scale: 1:12,500 PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL W. M. BLACK. CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY. assistants j.h.rostock, prin asst.engr a.p.morris, chief draftsman c h.gardner, jun engr in charge of surveys drafting by h. r. glutzbeck, jun engr g. l. reeder, surveyor field work by g. l. reeder, surveyor UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE. DISTRICT No. 1, NEW YORK ROOM 702 ARMY BUILDING NEW YORK. N. Y.,....... MARCH 4, 1912 RESPECTFULLY FORWARDED TO THF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS WITH REPORT OF THIS DATE, PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL W M BLACK. CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY. House Doc, No. 719 ; 62d Cong., 2d Sess. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-06-19

sheet 1 of 2; full sheet
sheet 1 of 2: detail Hoboken sheet 1 of 2: closer detail Hoboken, from south 1 of 3 sheet 1 of 2: closer detail Hoboken, from south 2 of 3 sheet 1 of 2: closer detail Hoboken, from south 3 of 3 detail upper right: Tabulation of Triangulation & Bench Marks Map: Hudson River, New York Harbor; Bedloes Island to Fort Lee. Sheet 1 of 2. From surveys of 1911-12; issued March 4, 1912. picture number 7